Found an old guidebook from 2002 and the price for a hostel bed in Prague was $8

I was cleaning out a closet and found this old 'Europe on a Shoestring' book my dad gave me. It fell open to the Prague section, and the price for a dorm bed at a hostel was listed as $8 a night. I checked online for the same place today, and it's $35. I knew things got more expensive, but seeing the numbers side by side like that was a shock. Makes you wonder what the new 'cheap' spots are that haven't been found yet.

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rowanellis4d ago

That's just brutal inflation for you... The new cheap spots get found and ruined almost instantly now. It's a sad cycle.

hannahs714d ago

Tell me about it. I found this amazing little taco truck last month, told TWO friends, and now the line wraps around the block. I basically priced MYSELF out of my own lunch spot.